DUNGEON
\dˈʌnd͡ʒən], \dˈʌndʒən], \d_ˈʌ_n_dʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DUNGEON
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To shut up in a dungeon.
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A close, dark prison, common, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
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To shut up in a dungeon.
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A close, dark prison, common, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A close dark place of confinement, usually underground.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Originally the large and strongest tower of a fortress, to which the garrison could retreat in case of necessity, the lower apartments of such being used as prisons; a close dark prison, commonly underground; any deep dark place.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Irish] A close or secure prison; especially, a dark, subterranean place of confinement.
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